Finding aid for the Norma Shearer collection 2268
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Norma Shearer collection
Creator:
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983
Identifier/Call Number: 2268
Physical Description:
17.229 Linear Feet
8 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1941
Abstract: This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983).
Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's
death in 1937.
Language of Material:
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martin Arrouge, April 16, 1985.
Biographical / Historical
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was a Canadian American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" (1930).
Her film credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), and "A Free Soul" (1931).
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Norma Shearer collection, Collection no. 2268, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983).
Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's
death in 1937.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Archives
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Photographs
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 -- Photographs
Box 7
Irving Thalberg photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes 7 photograph of Thalberg alone; 4 with Norma Shearer; and 3 with other individuals.
Norma Shearer film photograph albums
Box 7
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
Box 7
"A Free Soul" and "Private Lives"
Box 7
"Let Us Be Gay" and "Strange Interlude"
Box 4
"Marie Antoinette" (3 albums)
Box 4
"The Trial of Mary Dugan" and "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"
Box 5
Scrapbooks compiled by fans and sent to family
Scope and Contents
Includes scrapbooks of Norma Shearer (12 items) and a scrapbook of death notices of Irving Thalberg.
Box 8
Wedding Stories (Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg) (2 scrapbooks)
Box 3
Trip to Great Britain
1928-05
Box 3
Trip to Great Britain
1931-07
Box 3
Death notices/articles about Irving Thalberg
Box 3
Condolences from British film exhibitors
Box 1
Press clipping books and scrapbooks about Norma Shearer's career
late 1920s-1935, 1941
